10 Online Scams To Know and Avoid
This particular type of scam is called the Nigerian 419 Scam and also among the most frequently used mode of scamming. Among scamming methods, the Nigerian scam has the most victims. So stop and think for a minute before you decide to respond to such emails and later regret that choice. No one on earth is going to freely let you have that much amount of money specified in the email or better yet be in possession of that much money and not be able to fly them out.
Employment scam: Highly popular among the youths of today is the employment scam, where people pose as recruitment companies and guarantee you a job but the catch is you are expected to pay a small amount of fee for the service. Red light! Red light! There you have it, it’s a scam.
The other kind of employment scam is when you are given the job of being a representative of an overseas company, and you are given the job to recruit employees for them. By doing this job, you get a remuneration for each employee. When this job is accepted and all information given, your account is open for free access by the scammers. Be wise and go to the company and attend a face to face interview. It may take a long time but it is worth it and saves you money.
WIFI Hacking: There is a possibility that India will have free WIFI accessibility in major cities in a decade’s time. We already have free WIFI access in airports or coffee shops and cafes, but this facility is becoming a portal for hackers to extract information from you.
Since it is a free link of access, hackers are smart enough to trace your computer to the point of viewing what you are viewing at the moment. So make sure that the free WIFI is secure and if possible use your smartphone’s 3G and 4G connections when you are on the go.
Make Money from Home: This is not a new thing; it is very much prevalent on most of the sites these days. So when you see these ads on a website first find out if it is authentic, and then verify by contacting the company. These works from home job scams are becoming the new trends of scamming.
There are also scams in the freelance avenues for aspirant writers. Remember these links and sites are going to hurt your pockets, as if this isn’t enough, it also spoils your computer and any other hardware device plugged in at that time.
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